Printing-machine.



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PRNTNG MACHINE. APPLICATIONHLED MNfa. |914.

Patented May 11, 1915.

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5./4 QCUMRAUGIH, 2n. vPRINTING MAQHINE. APPLlATIN men JYN.23, 1914.

1,138,778. ,Patented May11,1915.

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@culmina/uga, 20ML 751 rATENT oFrIcE.

EDMU'ND oeUMPAUeH,f-2D, or ROCHESTER, NEW Yoan.` l I f f;rniNTINe-Mnoiimn.

Zo all 'whom t may concern:

dent of Rochester, -in 'the county o fMonroe and VState" of New York,have'invented eertain new land useful Improvements invPrint-`ing-Machines'of whichv the following vis a fments of awheehand are alsomounted respecification." f l y This invention relatesto' machines ofthe type lin Iwhich any of-a series ofcharacters on words may beimpressedfselectively upon a check-blank," or other article, throughthe' operation-ofmanually-operable' means.

The invention is particularly applicable 'to machines of the ftypecommonly designated as check-writing machines, wherey Y.in the:'printing `"characters' vare arranged, 'y upon a Atype carrying member,in the form @of a series of words expressive 4of different L 2o?numerical amounts, this member gbeing so mounted as` to be. movable forthe'two purposes of bringing the charactersv thereon selectively into'operative yposition, and of advancing or feeding the work `through theengagement'of the`.type therewith. 1

.-One object of the invention'is to provide. a machine of the type` inquestion with meinually-fo'perable means, of simple construetion, wherey movements of. 'two different characters maybe imparted to thetype-ear.` rying member'through the agency of ya singlemanually-operable member movablein two modes.l or directions. Tothis endI` employy a type-'carrying member which is so mounted as to be movablein two directions, preferably rotatively and axially, and I connect thistypemember with a ma,nually-operableV Anothell 4object of the inventionycorrelate the' movements of l the, platen;l

which, coperates wvithgtliely `'type-carryingfy member, withthe'movemen'ts'of theAv latter,M

that thisl platen shallf-be vautomaticallyv` thrown into operative'position 'duringthat;y one of the movementsof the-.type-ourryingf memberwhich-is 'utilized as the, combinedl impressing and work-feedingmovement, and",Y to this/end I employ cam-mechanismraetuatedfA bythemanually operable, n'ie'mlieri"P .and adapted to rthroi/tlie'platenintof and.`

out of operative position 'immediately iafter ','specicatieafof LettersPatent.

' Patented applicati@ med January 23,' i914. ser/mno. 813,875.

the commencement of vthe 'operative andre- May`11,915.

turn-movements, respectively, ofthe typey I'simple an'dlconve'nientmeans whereby the ink-rollers are causedl to, follow the ymovemovably intheir operative'positions, and to "thisend I "employ, ink-roller`swhich, are

movable axially in conjunction withthe axial movements oftheftype-wheel, being -c"onstrained to ysuch movementby interen-Igagi'ng` flanges iand slotted membersy connected with' the ink-rollersand the'type j wheel, respectively, yand I lfurtherfmount theseink-rollerson" base-members which are j slidable, longitudinally, out ofoperativeI .75. engagement'oi:l they connections between the position,provisionl being made for thel disink-rollers and the' type-wheel, tovpermit .l

such longitudinal removal v"ofthe rollers.

Another object'of the invention is to provide a machine of the type inquestion with simple automatic m'eans for retaining the work againstaccidental movement between successiveV feeding movements, and :to thisend I employ a retaining device orwork- Y 'presser which is connectedwith, and ac` tuated by/'the mechanism` by which the platen iscontrolled,'so aste bethrown into loperation alternately with theplaten.

'g vOtherfobjects of the invention, and the features Vof construction bywhich they1 are carried out, will Ibe set forth y in connection with thefollowing description of the preferred embodiment of the invention.`

member which' has a movement of transla-'Q "In thevaccompanyingdrawings'z-#Figure l is a plan-view acheckrwriting machine embodying thepresentinvention;v'F1g. 2 is right-hand side-elevation, partly invertical section; Fig. 3A is a plan-view showing, in detaiLfVthetype-wheel';pFig. 4L is a verticall section'onthe line in Fig. 2; Fig,5. is a section ,on the line 5 5 inF1g. 2; and Fig. 6

rollers.

v ention, Vwhich uis a machine adapted for filling- "in the amounts ofthe bank'-, checks,

series of words reading parallel with the is ,'zfp'artial horizontalsection vshovriiiggf.in,I A planview,z theV arrangement ofdthe. ink- A`In the illustratedm'bodimenf,A ef the in- 105 extending peripherallyaround the cylin axis of the Wheel and expressive of numerical amounts,dollars, cents, etc., this series selective movements by Which the'required characters are brought into operative posiytion'aloove theplaten-roller 11 while the `'axial movements are' utilized as impressingI ment of the4 typewheel is coincident with- -the characters with ink.

and 'feeding movements, the platen, durmg4 the axial movement of thetype-wheel to: link25,whichis pivoted tothe arm-24', and

Ward ltheleft from the position shown in F1g..4,, being raised to forcethe Work linto engagement with the type-Wheel. The platen is preferablyprovided With ridges or ser-` rations, as shown, s o as to partially outthe paper of the check in addition to printing The manually-operablemember by which the selective and impressing"operations-of theprinting-means are lreduced is in the form of a handle 13, proJecting atthe right-l naledl in horizontal position in the casing of the machine.At its lo'Wer edge the plate 14;A

is provided With teeth forminga rackl, and this rack engages gear-teeth17 formed at the-bottom of an annular slot in the type.l wheel 10;Accordingly, a sliding movement of the plate along the shaft 15, such asis producedby moving the handle 13'toward or from the user, causesrotation of the type?l wheel, this rotation being the selective mover.ment above referred to; In order that .the

handle'13 'and the plate 14 may Aalso produce the axial movement -of thetyfpe-wheel' constituting' the impressing and ceding move- `nientthereof, the rack 1 6 is formed with a partially cylindricalcross-section, as shown in Fig." 4, so that it may coperate pivotallywith 4the slot in the type-wheel. Accor `ingly, if the handle 13 bedepressed, by an angular movement' 'about the axis of rotation-of the.shaft 15, the rack is swung rearwardly and carries the type-wheel withit, along the shaft 12, while the return movethe rise ofthehandle 13toits vno1- mal 'upper an.- P

lective operation.,

position. A I l.

,To indicateto the user the position' to which'lthe type-,wheel is mvedby the-sea pointer 19 is mounted-A v loosely upon the shaft l5, Yin a'slot in the late 14, 'so that the pointermoves along the shaft with 'theplate but does not par- 7 ticipate in the rocking movements of theupwardly vplate or the shaft. 'This pointer projects through a slot inth'e casmg of the machine, Scale .2Q-

The rotative movel the arm 27,passes beneath the pin 26.

and coperates witha graduated In order that the platen-roller 11 may bethrownI intoand out of operative position at shaft is connectedwithaysprng23, which tends constantly to rock the platen-roller up-Wardlyinto operative position. The move*- ments of' the .platen-rollerand its supporting-mechanism are controlled, however, by

means` connected with the manually-operabl e' 'mechanism. These means'comprlse a This shaftfis provided witha longitudinal' f-- f Y.

groove 28 engagedby a 'sliding'key29 in the plate 14, so that the shaft15 participates .in the rocking movements of the handle vandthe plate 14which produce the axial movel --ments of the Vt pe-wheel. he arm 27.,isA

also fixed to roc with the shaft 15.' 1*

tains the linkin depressed' position, thus holding the platen-rollgr outofoperative position, against the tendonev ofthe spring A projection 30from the arm'27 normally overhangs the pin 26 on the link 25, and r'e-v23. When the handle 13'v is (epressedyhowever,to produce an impressingand feeding operation of the type-wheel, the first part of this movementremoves the cam-projection.. 30 from engagement with the pin 26,'and.

" the spring 2 3 then at once operates the mech# anism to raise` theplaten-rol er into coperative relationl with'the type-Wheel. During thecontinued movement of the parts a'paWl f 31, which'is pivoted, betweenits ends, u in 1s pawl has a straight upper surface, whilefits lower.surface .comprises two portions 32 and 33. They portion 32at theleft-hand side lof the pivot upon which the pawl is mounted, is circularin fornfb while the ortion 33 constitutes, ineffect, a cam-sur aceat anacute angle tothe art32. Duringl the left;

hand movement o thearm 27 as shownin Fig. 5, the pin v26, at the. lastpartfqffthis' movement, engages thev rightfhand `end ofgj' 'the pawl,and rocks this end momentari y downwardly, so that theri thepavvlv maypass clear- 'Th'e awl then returns automatically to the h t-handend offd yond thepin.

3120;, positionv illustrated in Fig. f5, so that'at the f commencemento'fthe" return movement of the arm 27 the cam-surface 33, is in positionto "engagethe pin 26. Upon the subsequent 'return movement of the arm27, coinciding y"with the return movement ofthe type-Wheel,

the' first portion of this movementI causes the cam-surface 33 todepress the platen is moved quickly downward out,v of

in v226i quickly, and with vitvthe link, where yfthe "operativeposition; thus releasing the work and preventing its' from being drawnback by the type-wheel. The parts are retained in this position, duringthe remainder of the return movement, by engagement of the pin "26 withthe part 32of the pawl 31, this part being 'at this time raised to aposition in which it isin alinement with the lower sur? face of .thecam-projectionSQ. A stop-lug 34 on the arm 27 determines this positionofthexpawl. Eheparts are 'thus returned to. ythe position of Fig. 5withthe plateny/roller in its normal depressed .osition.

In order that the chec .-blankfmayfbe held, securely against accidentalmovement during the return movement of the'type-Wheel which'inter'venesbetween succes/sive lprinting `and feedingA movements, IA employ awork-presser in the form of a pin 35, which is threaded in a left-handextension on the arm 21 and adjustably fixed by a lock-nut 36. Thecheck-blank is introduced between the work-table 37 and -astripper-plate 38 located a short distance above it, and the presser.35is .adapted to forcethe'blank upwardljyr and'clamp it againstfthestripperplate, thus retaining it against movement 'after each printingoperation. It will be ap.-

parent Jthat at each downward movementof Vthe f platen-roller theworklpress'er 35 isv moved upwardly into operative position,` so

that its operation alternates Withvthat of the y'platen' ller, and withthe successive printing an feeding movements of the typewheel. y I

'. To assist in inserting the'che'ck-blanlr' in the proper position inthe machine, an a'djustable gage 39 is mounted between the work-table 37and the stripper-plate 38, this gage being fixed in adjusted position bythumb-nuts 40.

The. Iinking-mechanisrn. by which ink is supplied to the type-wheel isshown particularly in Figs. 2 and 6. Two ink-rollers 41 v are employed,which are constantlyin engagement withl the type -wheel, and. are

mounted loosely upon parallel shafts 42 so that they can slide axiallyvduring axial movement of the type-wheel. 4To correlate theaxial-"movements of the ink-rollers and the type-wheel each ink-rolleris provided 'with aniannular flange 49, which engages the annular slotin the type-Wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. In order that the type-rollersmaybe pressed constantly against the type on the .type-wheel, the shafts 42are carried by upwardlyprejecting\arms 43 fiXed'to rockshafts 44, theserock-shafts being pivotally are mounted slidably between guide-Hange's'47 on the stripper-plate 38, and openings are provided in the front offthe casing, nor- Vmally covered by a removable plate 48. Upon theremoval of this plate the ink-roll- 7o ers maybe swung away from thetype-wheel,

y'so as to disengage theirHan-ges 49 there-` from, and the'base-plates45 may then be slid forwardlyv out of the guide-flanges 47,

thus `removing the ink-rollers and their sup- 175- porting-means at thefront ofthe machine. It is not necessary to remove them'entiely fromvthe casing, however, since. the inkrolls, ers are considerably shortrthan the basey plates, so that they may project free of the so.,

casing while thebase-plates still engage theA forward ends of theguide-flanges. p It is essential lthat the typewheel,. afterl eachselective movement, be brought tov and held in a position inwhioh oneofits rows 85 of characters isfin .exact registration with theplaten-roller 11. To insure such. correctregistration Lprovide thetype-wheel with a plate 50, preferably of hardened steek'vv which hasserrations upon its edge,"'afs shown 9o in Fig. 3, coinciding with thespaces betweenv ladjacent rows of type. .This plate coper-A ates with adetent-plate 51 depending from the top of the casing of the machine. The

detent-plate is so adjusted that' it shall ex- 95 aftly register withone of.- the,y spaces in `the plate 50 when the type-wheel ,is in'properposition with respect to the[platen-roller,V and'until the wheel hasbeen brought to such a position itis impossible for the user to v10umove the type-Wheel 4longi tudinally to produce an impressing aridfeeding operation.

It will be apparent that thel two movements of the handle 13, by whichthe se1ec.

tive and impressing operations of the print-4 10b -ing-meansareproduced, may be performed very readily in succession, using one handfor this purpose, while thecheckLblanks are introduced lengthwise' atthe right-hand side of the machine and discharged lengthwise at' 110 theother side of the machine. l

My invention is not limited to the embodiment thereof hereinbeforedescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

but it may be embodied in various other 115 forms within the nature ofthe inventionl as-it is defined in the followin'g claims. i

I claim l. In a printing-machine, the combination of a. type-carryingmember having charac- 12C ters arranged in a concentric series, and op-yI Mating-'mechanism adapted to swimr said member, about the center ofsaid series, to

bring its characters selectively into operative position, and to movesaid member 125 transversely to said. series, while in engagementwitlrthe work, to feed the work.

2. in af printing-machine, the combination of a. typo-..\vheel having aseries of characl Ators on its peripimay.. and operatingmechai3? nismadapted to rotate the wheel, `to bring its characters selectively intooperative po'sil tion, and' to move the wheel axially, while inengagement with the-work, toqfeedthe work. 8. In a printing-machine,.thejieombination of a type-wheel'having charaeters arranged in a seriesextending around its periphery, a platen-roller 4 coperating with thetype.- wheeland journaled on anl axis lying in a plane normaltQ-the axisof the type-wheel,

longitudinally with respect to a fixed axis, and connections, betweenthe type-carrying.

member and the manually-operable member,

A whereby one of lsaid movements of the latter is translated to aselective movement of the type-carrying member in the direction oi thelength'of said series, and the Qther of said movements .'o themanually-operable member is translated-to an impressing movement of thetype-carrying member in a direction l transverse to the length of saidseries.

5. In a p-rintingmaehine, the combination .of a type-wheel provided witha peripherall seriesof characters and' movable both rotatively andaxially, a manually-operable l member adapted to both slide along, and

around, a fixed axis, and connections, 'between the type-wheel and, saidmember,

adapted to translate the two movementsof thelatter, the one intovrotative movement," andthe other into axial movement of the' wheel. l ,Ay i 6. In a printing-machine, the combination of a type-Wheel providedwith a peripheral seriesof characters and movable both rota.-

tively and axially, Aa pinion connected with tlietypenvheehfa.. rackmeshing with said pinion, means, for supi'iorting'v the rack, adapted topermitbo'th longitudinal movement thereof, to'rotate the pinion and thetype-wheel, and lateral movement, to move rthe type-wheel axially, andmanually-oper able means for imparting such movements tov the rack. 7.In a printing-machine, the, combination of a type-wheel provided with a,peripheral series of characters and,movable both rotai tively andaxially, the type-wheel being also provided with an annular grooveand'with gear-teeth at the bottom of the groove, a rack having a.toothed edge which coperates with said gear-teeth and. which is partially cylindrical in. cross-section and adapted to engage the walls ofsaid groove, a Shaft, parallel with the toothed edge of the gitudinally,to indicate the resultant posi#4 i tion of the type-wheel. l c

9. In a'printingfmachine, the combination 80 of a. type-wheel-- movableboth rotatively and axially, and having a-ylindrical periphery carryingtypes arranged to' read 'transversely upon said periphery, acplate .xedto the type-wheel and having perlphs6 eral teeth corresponding inposition with the characters Aupon the type-Wheel, afixed de-rtent-member adapted to pass between said l teeth and the types upon thetype-Wheel. when the wheellrs moved axially in one di- ,9o ection,andvmannally-operable means' for'I impartin rotative'movement Ito thetypewheel to lli-ing the types selectively into operative position, andvfo imparting axialmoyement to the type-Wheel to feed the work 96 whenengaged by the type-wheel.

. 10. In a printing-machine,4 a type-carryy ing member having a surfaceupon' which'v types 'are arranged in a series of lines with interveningspaces, means for moving said 100 member in the direction of the lengthof said series to bring the type-linesy selectivelyv -intooperativeposition', and for tlelgxmovin said member in the direction ofthe selecte y type-line to feed the Work in engagement 106 therewith, afixed detent-member adapted to` bereceived in oneaof the spaces betweenthe type-lines during said feeding movement, whereby a proper operativeposition of, the

,type is insured, and a detentemember, of 11"4 harder material` thanvthe types, carried by'.v the type-carrying memberl and provided -with aseries ofvrecesses aliningwith the spaces between the type-lines, and aseries of projections alining with the type-lines, and '11,'s

- adapted to engage a fixed detent-member and arrest the feeding'movement of the typecarryingl member when said member is not 1n -'properprinting position.`

1l. In a printing-machine, a typewheel 130- provided with a series ofcharacters llponits periphery and adapted `to move both rotatively andaxially for the purpose of selective and feeding operations," an.ink-roller normally engaging the periphery of the 135A type-nheel, thewheel and the roller being provided with cooperating abutments where bythe-ink-roller is normally constrained to move axially with thetype-wheel, a shaft upon which 'theink-rolleris free'to both ro- 13 tateand slide, a casing normally inclosing the type-Wheel of the ink-rollerand provided with an opening in alinement with the ink-roller, abase-plate mounted in a casing but adapted to slide outwardly throughsaid opening, and means for supporting said shaft upon said base-plateand for yieldingly forcing the shaft and the ink-roller toward thetype-wheel.

12. In a printing-machine, the combination of a type-carrying memberprovided with a series of characters, means for moving said member tobr'ing the characters selectively into operative position and to movethe operative character, when in such position, in a direction to feedthe work in engagement therewith, and for moving said member in theopposite direction to return said character to normal position, aplatenA adapted to press the work against the opera- Y tive character,and means for moving the :platen toward the type-carrying member at thebeginning Vof the feeding movement,- and for releasing the platen fromoperative positionat the'beginning of the return movement of thetype-carrying member.

1 3. Inv a printing-machine, the combina tion of a type-carrying member,a platen adapted to cooperate therewith in impressi ing and feeding theWork, a work-pressing member adapted to engage the work and to.

hold it against accidental movement, and

and the work-pressing member alternatively into operation during thefeeding and return movements, respectively.

14. In a printing machine, the combination of means for simultaneouslyimpressing and feeding a check-blank, clamping means for retaining theblank, by engagement with a surface thereof, against movement in theline of feed, and manually-operable mechanism for throwing said meansalternatively into operation, the retaining-means being located normallyin a position beyond that occupied by the advance end of the blank atthe beginning of the printing-operation, so that the blank may be freelyintroduced into the machine Whilethe retaining-means are in operativeposition.

l EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, 2D.

lvitnesses: y

FARNUM F. DoRsEY, D. GURNEE.

